Hi.
I never said that it was impossible, although the first problem was that I
didn't have my FRN number and had no idea how to get it. The fellow who
helped me with this passed away suddenly and I never got the information
from him before he died.
I *thought* that this was a little easier and less painful. Guess I was naive.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 02:28 PM 3/1/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>Except that you *can* deal with it direct through the FCC. While the
>online filing system isn't exactly easy, it *is* doable. I've updated
>my license with it several times myself. Not fun, but certainly not
>impossible.
>On Mar 1, 2008, at 1:54 PM, Louis Kim Kline wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > I am in the process of trying to renew my license as it expires on
> > 5/6/08. I received a packet from W5YI VEC in early February with
> > all of
> > the forms supposedly already completed so that all I had to do was
> > sign it,
> > and include a check with the vanity call fee and their $7.00 service
> > fee. While I probably should have gone through the ARRL (cheaper), it
> > meant having to contact them and get the same stuff by placing a
> > phone call
> > during business hours and making a long distance call from work is
> > something I hate to do.
> >
> > So, I took what I thought was the path of least resistance and just
> > wrote
> > out the check, signed the forms, and shipped it off.
> >
> > Here is what happened. On February 26, 2008 the license for K2LKK was
> > updated. However, nothing changed. It still expires on 5/6/08 and
> > every
> > other detail of the license is still active. Also, my former call,
> > KA2DQA,
> > is now issued to me once again, but it also expires on 5/6/08.
> >
> > I have sent e-mails off to W5YI asking them about this, and I intend
> > to
> > bite the bullet and follow it up with a telephone call on Monday to
> > see if
> > I can investigate what happened.
> >
> > I guess the next time I will just contact the ARRL since I'm going
> > to have
> > to make a long distance phone call anyway, and I'm $7 poorer to
> > boot. You
> > know, I miss the good days when the FCC handled this stuff directly
> > and we
> > had only one bureaucracy to deal with instead of two.
> >
> > 73, de Lou (K2LKK or KA2DQA -- only the Shadow knows...)
> >
> >
> >
> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
> > Home e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > Work e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > Work Telephone: (585) 697-5740
> >
>
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